East Side of Little Indian Creek: Orellan, Wyoming
collected 1932
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudo praeextans
Lambe 1913
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| synonym of Gopherus laticuneus | ||||||||||
| U.S.N.M. No. 15878 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 104.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 96.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Orellan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Brule | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Brule, presumably Orellan because no Whitneyan collections are present in the area |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM | Collection dates: | 1932 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 99846 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-25 10:27:49 | Last modified: | 2010-11-24 17:31:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-25 10:27:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 760. | C. W. Gilmore. 1946. The osteology of the fossil turtle Testudo praeextans Lambe, with notes on other species of Testudo from the Oligocene of Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96(3199):293-310 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |